A day after at least 33 people died when a building collapsed in Cameroon’s business hub Douala, neighbours recalled Monday the structure’s “failings” and “cracks”, fearing more bodies lie under the ruins. The four-storey block of flats collapsed onto another residential building in the north of the city overnight Saturday to Sunday. One of […]

  Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an air strike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians. The Ministry of Health reported “22 dead and a large number of wounded among the civilians” from the strike […]

  A white powder that was found in the White House and sparked a brief security alert has been confirmed to be cocaine, the Secret Service said Wednesday.   The powder’s discovery in the West Wing on Sunday was initially treated as a potential danger, prompting a brief evacuation. An initial test of the substance […]

  Saudi Arabia has announced the death of five men — four Saudis and an Egyptian national — convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a house of worship. Arab News, a local media, quoted the Saudi press agency as saying that the incident took place in Al-Ahsa governorate and left five people dead […]

  Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ally Yevgeny Prigozhin who made an attempt to subvert him on Saturday has agreed to leave Russia for Belarus. Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, made the agreement in a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that ended an armed insurrection, which marked the gravest threat to […]

  Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Wagner Group, a private army in Russia, has mobilised his troops against the country’s military and President Vladmir Putin. Prigozhin said his fighters had crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia and would destroy anyone in their way, including roadblocks and aircraft. Wagner has been fighting alongside the regular Russian […]

  “Titanic” director and renowned deep-sea explorer James Cameron said many warnings were ignored about the safety of the tourist submersible that imploded near the famous shipwreck, killing five people.   Cameron said the sub had been the source of widespread concern in the close-knit ocean exploration community, and drew parallels to the 1912 ocean […]

  Pope Francis, 86, on Thursday began several days of convalescence a day after a hernia operation, as questions resurfaced about his health. “Pope Francis passed a quiet night and managed to have a lengthy rest,” the Vatican said. “He is in a generally good condition, is alert and is breathing without assistance,” it said […]

  A woman won a local election in India almost two weeks after her death as supporters kept their pledge to back her in a sign of respect, officials said. Ashiya Bi polled at nearly 44 percent in the race for a municipal civic body seat in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh this […]